Welcome to the Jungle

Feeling the need to acclmatise and get my bearings a little, I opted for a fairly relaxed day, aiming for a big park in the center of Bangkok called Lumpini. It was about a 15- 20 minute walk down a main road directly through the city centre. Simple I thought. Well yes, except the crossing the road part is actually suicidal. But I figured if I just wait until someone that looks like they know what they're doing comes along, Ill stick with them.
Anyway .
Woke up at 6.35am this morning even though we got into bed about 2.30am? But couldnt get back to sleep, so went down for my contiental breakfast for 2 english pounds. Boiled egg, banana, 2 toast, tea, juice and croissant.  Not too bad really.
Then just gathered my maps, tour books and decided what to do. Someone we met in the foyer last night came over and sat down with his breakfast, helping me decide what to do.
Thats what I love about this whole thing so far. Travellers are instantly friends.. especially solo travellers. Me and the two other women (lily + carolyn) I went out for drinks last night are all solo, and so is Steven. I really think you miss out on something if you go with someone or a group of people. All they wanna do is share their experiences with everyone else. Another thing I have noticed is that they are so open and honest and incredibly easy to get on with. It deifnelty is going foot perfect as far as meeting people goes!
Theres a group of Americans and they just aren't social at all. Silly people.
It's such an incredibly relaxed atmosphere as well. I think the general jist of things is that everyone their own thing during the day, and the more social side of things is in the evening. For example we've all been individually wandering around various places in the city, but I said earlier that I wouldnt mind checking out the Sky Bar ( a bar on top of a sky scraper) at some point and so thats the plan for tonight! But it works so well like that. We've all gone travelling solo for our own reason, so I wouldnt really wanna attach myself to someone for a whole day anyway and im sure they wouldnt either!!

The city centre is just... surreal. It is a completely different world. From every direction there are sights and smells you have never experienced before... the food stalls are fasincating... the drinks are interesting. There is so so much to look at. It would take a huge effort to get bored in this city.


Anyway to sum it all up so far, I am having a better-than-possibly-expected first few days in this city. 

Sawat-Dee